Improvement in potato-diggers



, U. RSEARLOW.'

` No. I1076.058.

Potato Digger.` i Patented-Aug. 2, 187.0.

,i @initrd gisten am own-l'.

URIAnanAnLoW, or FAsMERsvILLE, cALlroRNIA.

Letters Patent No. 106,058, fla-ted August 2,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN' PO'IATO-DIG-GERS.

The Schedule referredto :ln these Letters Patent and making part of the name 10 all whvmfit may concern.-

Be it known that I, URIAH It. HAnLow, of Farmersiville, county ofTnlare, State of California,

have inyented an Imp'io'ved Potato-Digger; and I- do hereby declare Athe following description and acvcompanying drawing are snticient to enableV any person skillediii the art or science to which it most ncarlyappertains to make and use 'my said invention orimpi-overnents, without Vfurther invention or experinient. V y

- My invention relates to all -nnprovedmachine' for unearthing potatoes and Vleavingthern upon the sur- ,faceof the ground, so that they maybe readily picked np, and consistsin providing a guard or har, to project in' front and above the operating part-s ofthe digger, so

as to clear away the'potat-vines, weeds, or other inatterthat might otherwise clog the machine, or be tarried over the npperend of the fingers and fall into the.

furrow made` by the plow. l A

In order to more tnlly illustrate and explain my invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of' this specification, in which- Arepresents, the beam, and l B B the handles, which are .iliade similar to those employed in an `ordinary vsingle plow.

"The standard C corresponds to the standard by' `which' plows are connected with the plow-beam in'the ordinary plow.

Ihe lower end of this .standard is secured to the metal ,on'other central bar D.

This central bar is' about the Vrame length as',tl1e` -beani A, being secured at its rear end to the upright E, and its front end being pointed, as shown.

Upon each side of this center ba-r,'and` at the most -snitahle point, aresecured'mold-boards F, the two `forn1ing wings, which `stand at 'the desired angle for cutting beneath the potato rows.

The mold-boards-may be made of any desired shape,

-DM V cit-her curved or straight, and attached to the center bar, so as to stand at an inclinesiinilar to the mold- Along'the' upper edge `of these mold-boards arearranged long teeth or fingers, a a a, which also stand' at an inclination in the same? direction as the moldboards.

y Theselingers are placedfar enough apart to permit the dirt which is vraised with the potaocs to pass through and fall in the .rear of the mold-board,V but lto prevent the potatoes themselves from passing throngln'and, as a consequence, they will roll down the inclined mold-board upon the gronnd,'or be carriedover their upper ends and fall to thc. rear in the furrow.

A guard or bar, H, is secured to the i'ont end of the center'b'ar D, just back of the point, and extendsback to the standard C, to which "its opposite end is fastened, the guard standing at an inclination or angle sufficient to raise and carry 'over the mold-boards any weeds or potatoftpps which come in lthe way,'and

thus prevent clogging the operation of the machine.A

' With` this device, potatoes can be unearthed and left np'on the surfacerot' the groundin a convenient 'condition for being picked up, and that with the same Witnesses: t

Taos. W. BROWN, Geo. E. BRoWN. 

